Posts Tagged ‘matthew dicks’
Speak Up Storytelling #16: Monica Cleveland
Episode #16 of Speak Up Storytelling is now available for your listening pleasure. On this week’s episode, Elysha and I talk about finding excellent stories in your everyday life using my strategy “Homework for Life.” Specifically, they discuss how storytellers can sometimes be in the middle of a story and not even know it. Then we…
Read MoreSpeak Up Storytelling #15: Roquita Johnson
Episode #15 of Speak Up Storytelling is now available for your listening pleasure. Elysha Dicks and I talk about finding excellent stories in your everyday life using my strategy “Homework for Life,” including moments that storytellers see but non-storytellers might not. Then we listen to Roquita Johnson’s story about finding her calling, followed by commentary and…
Read MoreSpeak Up Storytelling #10: Kristin Budde
Episode #10 of Speak Up Storytelling is now ready for your listening pleasure. On this week’s episode, we talk about finding and crafting stories in your everyday life using my strategy “Homework for Life.” I describe how searching for stories in your present day life can unearth moments from the past that you can’t believe that…
Read MoreSpeak Up Storytelling #7: Special Storyworthy book launch episode
Episode #7 of Speak Up Storytelling is now ready for your listening pleasure. This week’s special episode features part 2 of the live audio from the book launch for Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling. In this episode, you’ll hear me tell two BRAND NEW stories, never before told…
Read MoreSpeak Up Storytelling #6: Special Storyworthy book launch episode
Episode #6 of Speak Up Storytelling is now ready for your listening pleasure. This week’s special episode features live audio from the book launch for Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling. In this episode, you’ll hear me tell three BRAND NEW stories, never before told at Speak Up (and…
Read MoreSpeak Up Storytelling #5: Renata Sancken
Episode #5 of Speak Up Storytelling is now ready for your listening pleasure. On this week’s episode, we talk about finding and crafting stories in your everyday life using my strategy “Homework for Life.” I describe how I discovered two important things about myself that apparently everyone else already knew. Next, we listen to a hilarious story…
Read MoreA celebration of so much more than just a book
On Saturday night, I took the stage at the release party for Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling, and told five brand new stories to an audience of more than 200 friends and family. It was quite a night. My friend, storyteller, and producer Erin Barker once told…
Read MoreSpeak Up Storytelling #4
Episode #4 of Speak Up Storytelling is now ready for your listening pleasure. On this week’s episode, we talk about finding and crafting stories in your everyday life using my strategy “Homework for Life.” I share an important moment in from my life that Elysha had never heard before (and I had forgotten until just…
Read MoreSpeak Up Storytelling #3: Mansoor Basha
Episode #3 of Speak Up Storytelling is now ready for your listening pleasure. On this week’s episode, we talk about finding and crafting stories in your everyday life using my strategy “Homework for Life.” Elysha gets a little annoyed with the moment that I share. Next, we listen to the incredible story by Mansoor Basha about…
Read MoreSomeone wrote a song about me! About me!
Spotify recently added podcasts to its offerings. Wondering if my podcast, Boy vs. Girl, had been added, I asked Alexa, our Amazon Echo, to play Boy vs. Girl. She told me that she couldn’t find it on Spotify. Then I asked her to play “Matthew Dicks,” hoping it might pick up my name as one of…
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